ROBINHO claims he is so unhappy at ­Manchester City that he does not want to stay beyond January’s transfer window.

Robinho, sidelined by a stress fracture, continues to issue statements that his “dream” is to move to Barcelona.

The Spanish club are equally keen to do business but, as City arrived at a training camp in Abu Dhabi in preparation for a match against the UAE, club executives stressed again they have no plans to meet for talks with Barcelona.

City’s chief executive Garry Cook said: “I think some people are trying to make mischief when they talk about Robinho leaving. There are no plans to meet Barcelona now or anytime.”

But Robinho has continued to stress his dissatisfaction about life in England, where he claims he is unhappy, isolated and lonely.

Pablo Zabaleta, meanwhile, has vowed to kill Liverpool’s title hopes - and lift City back into the race.

Unhappy at drawing their last five matches, City go to Anfield a week on Saturday and right-back Zabaleta said: “We have to win our next game at Liverpool .

“Anfield is a hard place to play, but they are not playing well and have had injuries to key men like Steven Gerrard and Fernando Torres.

“But we have only lost one game and Liverpool have lost five. We have lost too many points but we have not lost the confidence to play well.

“If we play well we can get in the top four. After a lot of draws it’s sometimes better to play a big team. In a way it can be easier.”

Zabaleta admitted the world’s richest club are feeling the pressure, but also revealed his Argentinian compatriots at Anfield, Javier Mascherano and Emilio Insua, are feeling the strain more so.

He said: “I speak to Mascherano and Insua. They feel the pressure. Liverpool are a big club and they need to fight for many competitions.”

Zabaleta has kept Micah Richards out of the team in the past three games and said City will go to Anfield confident – but not cocky.

“Liverpool are not playing well - but they’re still Liverpool,” he said. “Rafa Benitez has had a lot of criticism and it’s not a good moment for them, but we have to be careful.Before the Manchester United game, Liverpool were struggling and United were doing well. And look what happened [Liverpool won 2-0]. We cannot be overconfident.”

Zabaleta realises City must tighten up at the back before their recent slide is turned around.

He added: “The defence has not been good. We need to try to not make as many mistakes. In the last game we let Burnley score three goals and that’s not good enough.

“We will be doing a lot of training on defence. We’ll be watching a lot of videos of our mistakes to try to make sure we don’t continue like that.

“Normally we score one goal and defend it well. But that’s not what has been happening. Maybe concentration has been a problem. ” ‘No plans to meet Barcelona’